The Chinese ambassador in Bangkok later on Tuesday expressed “deepest apologies” for the decline and urged businesses to” completely” comply with Thai rules.
” The Taiwanese government has consistently urged Chinese firms globally to abide by local regulations and contribute positively to the society”, the ambassador said in a Twitter post merely in Thai.
Beijing has dispatched a team of rescue experts and disaster relief personnel to assist in Bangkok and vowed to” continue supporting Thailand as needed”, it added.
It has also urged Chinese firms to cooperate” strictly” with Thai authorities as they investigate the collapse.
The local partner in the project, Italian-Thai Development ( ITD), offered condolences on Monday to quake victims but said it was” confident” the incident would not impact its other projects.
The collapse was the deadliest single incident in Thailand from the earthquake, with the majority of the kingdom’s 22 fatalities thought to be workers on the building site.